Railway-tie.



Y UNITED sfrATEs rATENT oFFIoE.

"\\ WILLIAM I. F. HARDEN, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

RAILWAY-TIE Specification of Letters Patent. Application mea August 27, 1907.y Serial No.` 390,341.

Patented gane 1c, 19,03

in Raiiway-Ties; and I dol hereby declare the` `follow-ingto be a full, clear, and exact de scription of the invention, such as will enable. others skilled in the art to which it' appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to railway ties.-

It is desi ned as an improvement on the tie covered by my U. SJPatent No. 833,048, dated October 10, 1906. In the present and more modern construction, I cut 0H the lateral base extensions or flanges because it makes the tie more economical of constructions by any ofthe well known processes such as open hearth, rollin hydraulic or drop forging. The weight o the/tie is reduced so that it will cost less for transportation. By dispensing with the side extensions shown ins the patent, the tie is rendered self ballasting and ma be tamped at both sides and ends.

Anot er object'of my present invention is to prevent the'tiefrom rocking: and main-l tain it in permanent upright posltion.'

l The inventionconsists of the features of construction and combinations of parts here-,i

inafter described andspecified inthe claims. Y In the accom anying drawings, illustrating the preferre `Aembodiment of vmy invention: Figure 1 is aperspective view of a section of railroad track embodying my invention, part of the ballast or roadbed, being removed; Fig. 2- is a side view of -atie equipped with a modified form of steadying pin. Fig. 3 .is a similar view showing the pin turned up to a horizontal position and secured along the side of the tie. Fie. 4 is a broken vertical section of one end 0I the tie showing the` construction and-arrangement of theuailgripping plate, and Fig. 5 1s a detailed perspective view `of said gripping plate.

Referring particularly to Fig. 1 of the drawing, 1 desi nates the ties, each ofwhich is prov'aded wit openings 2 in its sides near its ends for the purpose of convenient handling and into which picks or othertools may be inserted to draw out said tie from below the rails after it has been released therefrom orto pull a new tie in place. Any suitable construction of device for securing the rails to the ties may be employed but I prefer to use gr'pping plates 3 which are made somewhat surnlar to those shown my Patent.

-' end of said plates.

yIo. 833,048.' The present'platediffers from that shown in the patent in that the piece of metal which was before cut-out to form the slot'3a through which'the lip 1X on the tie'extends, instead of being cut entirely outl and wasted is only severed along its edges and is bent back under the plate, as shown at -3b'in` Figs. 4 and 5. This turned under ortion is `made toy fitthe slot 1c formed ,in t e tie by cuttin the lip l?, so that the flange of'the rail w ich. extends below saidlip Iis .sup-

ported by a double thickness of the gripping late. I have concluded to use a fastening olt 4 near each` end-of the anges of sa1 'zol gripping plates whereas in my patent re`" ferred to a bolt is shown applied to only one To revent the tie from rocking and one side sin ng lower than the other, I place a staple 5 astride thetie and drive it into the road bed until the top or horizontal ortion of said staple comes in Contact wit the to of the tie. A bolt 6 is then passed throug the sides of the tie and al tamping is being done. lIt will be noted that the bends or corners in the metal forming the tie are rounded as at 7, instead of being brought to sharp ed es. This renders the ties easier to make an stronger. The corners of the rail gripping plates and of the staples are also rounded to'conform to the corners ofthe tie. It is `evident that the weight of passing trains will force or press the ties more irmlypinto the road-bed by reason of the open under sides of said ties whereby they will after a short time become very solid'. There is nothin about the ties or the staples to`4 "interfere wit tamping themthoroughly.v The form of tie shownv and de- In Figs. 2 and 3, 1a' designates the tie conv structed the same as shown in Fig. 1. Instead of the staple shown in Fig. 1, however,

two separate'pins l8 are employed, one

10.5 scribed herein is` especially .applicable for driven 'down at ea-'chside of the tie and both being secured to said tie-by a single trans-.pl

verse bolt 6*'. As shown in Fig. 3, each .pin

may be turned horizontally and secured T insures the p1n1andtiebeing v.are compact'for shipping.

.. IIhave shownthe staples 'andpin's jonly'applied to thecente'r of the ties', two or a more ma be used on each tie and'positioned .'ai'ranged lastridesa-id tie and secured at. both.. Asides thereto ainsingle bolt', said staple Y j 'different y without'dep'arting from the spirit .15. i

.I claim:`

of. my invention.

1.. The combination, `vvith a. tie, of a staple adapted to be driven'into the road bed for the purpose s eciied.

' Y 2. The com mation, with a tie, ofa staple arranged astride and secured to said tie, thev 1 prongs of said staple comprising broad'plates adapted-to be driven into the road bedl tol prevent the'tie" from rocking.

' lv3. The combination with a tie angular 1n 'cross section and open at the bottom, of a staplev arranged astride and secured to said tie, .the prongs of said stale comprising .broad'plates adapted* to, be 'ven into the road bed to. prevent theA tie rom rocking.

yIn testimony whereof, I afflx my signature, in presence of two Witnesses. 'l .WILLIAM I. F. HARDEN. Witnesses:

GEO. A. HU'rcHINsoN,y y VIOLET E.- BURNER. 

